VietNamNet Bridge - Budget carrier Vietjet Air today made its debut flight connecting HCM City and Taipei (Taiwan) and announced its special flight on this route, scheduled next March 20th.

On the maiden flight, VietJet entertained passengers with a colorful magic show and folk dancing and presented them wonderful souvenirs of the airline.

“Our motto is ‘Enjoy Flying’ and we hope everybody on board today’s historic, inaugural flight enjoyed flying with Vietjet,” said VietJet Business Development Director, Mr. Desmond Lin.

Mr. Lin also revealed that Vietjet will run a special flight on 20 March, 2015 as part of an initiative called “Spread the Love” for Vietnamese and Taiwanese in Taiwan and Taiwanese people residing in Vietnam. Accordingly, customers will be able to avail of a 100% discount on one leg and 50% discount on the return leg when flying between Taipei and HCM City.

“This new connection will bring these two countries closer together than ever before and we would like to celebrate by running what will be a truly symbolic flight of friendship. With a large Taiwanese community in Vietnam and a growing Vietnamese community in Taiwan, we hope we can reconnect families and friends, while also encouraging further trade and tourism growth between these two amazing countries,” said Mr. Lin.

“With this new flight between Vietnam and Taiwan, we would like to encourage more Taiwanese enterprises, businesspersons and tourists from Taiwan to Vietnam. Flying with Vietjet, you will discover Vietjet operates the safest and most modern aircraft while offering an amazing experience from our fast and easy check-in systems to our in-flight services,” added Mr. Lin.

The route will initially operate five round trips per week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday with a flight duration of three hours and 25 minutes per leg.

On scheduled flight days, Vietjet will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 2.30pm (Vietnam time) and arrive in Taipei at 6.55pm (Taiwan time). Coming in the other direction, a flight will take off in Taipei at 8pm (Taiwan time) and arrive in HCM City at 10.25pm (Vietnam time).

Vietjet has also said that it will expand its flight network in the near future by adding flights from HCM City and Hanoi to Kaohsiung and Taichung in Taiwan, offering more flying opportunities with best possible services and unbeatable fares to businesspersons, tourists and expatriates returning for family reunions.

Registration for the “Spread the Love” program started on 12 December, 2014 and will end on 15 January 2015. To apply all you have to do is visit www.vietjetair.com and fill in the registration form on the homepage titled “Spread the Love”.

For more information, customers can reach the Vietnam hotline at 1900 1886 (24/7 service) or the Taiwan hotline at 886 0800 661886 (from 9am to 6pm Taiwan time, Monday to Friday).

Vietjet, the first privately-owned airline in Vietnam, is applying the operation model of a new age airline. With the fleet of 18 Airbus A320 aircraft, VietJet currently operates 150 flights per day, transporting eight million passengers in total so far. The airline is covering 28 local and international routes across the country and the region to Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, and Cambodia.

Vietjet will take delivery of 6-12 Airbus aircraft every year. The airline is taking into account to order the world leading aircraft manufacturers new wide-body aircraft in order to launch international routes to Europe and expand the flight network across the Asia Pacific region.

PV